With hindsight, it may have been fortunate that we arrived in Melbourne before the volcanic ash cloud, even though from what I can glean from the internet, it doesn’t appear to have affected Thai’s flights.
On past trips we have sometimes hired a car, but there was no need this time, and I’m very glad we didn’t (traffic, parking etc). Trains and buses worked well for us, but we stayed in cities and towns. My impression is that if you hire a villa in Tuscany, you would need a car as these the villas are generally in rural areas. Of course, it would have been nice if our bags had have been lighter (especially on the trains, the buses are less of an issue because the bags are stored underneath). But it’s hard to manage with less, when you’re away for nearly 4 weeks!
I was pleased with the 28 Degrees Mastercard. It provides very competitive exchange rates and no fees on transactions, including none on cash withdrawals (at least when used at Westpac Global Alliance ATMs).
The el-cheapo netbook that I used on the trip, while not perfect, was adequate.
Jetlag is still troubling me, 2 days after arriving home, even though we broke our return trip with 2 nights in Bangkok. But hopefully I'm over the worst of it now.
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